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ownCloud is an open source web application for data synchronization and file sharing. The latest version of ownCloud brings improved sharing and collaboration and introduces an improved search, faster ways of getting at your files with favorites and provides extremely quick and easy access to important files.
The installation of ownCloud 8 on a CentOS 7 VPS should take about ten minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.
We’ll show you, how to install Python on Linux. Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, and at the same time, it is user-friendly. It can be used on many different platforms. Today we will show you how to install the latest version of Python from source on Linux. We are going to use an Ubuntu VPS, but we must point out that the same procedure applies if you have a CentOS. Installing Python on Linux is fairly easy task and should take less then 10 minutes.
In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Fail2ban on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. Fail2Ban is a Python application that monitors log files to detect potential intrusion attempts. Fail2ban scans the log files looking for specific patterns that indicate an attack. It uses iptables to block IPs that show the malicious signs such as brute-force attempts on SSH, HTTP, FTP, SMTP ..etc. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.
Cotonti is open source, community driven content management system (CMS) and content management framework (CMF) powered by PHP and MySQL. In this article we will guide you through the process of installing Cotonti on a CentOS 7 VPS with Apache, PHP and MariaDB.
AVG Free is a version of the AVG anti-virus, spyware and malware protection software which is free for private and non-commercial use. One of the main uses of AVG is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner.
To installAVG Free on an Ubuntu VPS follow the very easy steps described below.
In this tutorial, we will explain how to install OpenCart 2 on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. OpenCart is an open-source, feature-rich, easy-to-use, and search engine-friendly PHP-based e-commerce solution. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.
WPScan is a WordPress vulnerability scanner. You can use it for problem location in case there are any vulnerable WordPress themes or WordPress plugins on your website. Today, we will make a short presentation about how to install it on your Linux VPS. It is very easy to install as well as very easy to use.
In this article we will guide you through the steps on how to install LDAP 389 Directory Server (389 DS) on a CentOS 6 VPS.
What is 389 DS?
It is an enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for GNU/Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The 389 Directory Server can be downloaded for free, and set up in less than an hour using the graphical administration console.
Some of the Key Features of 389 DS are:
High performance
Multi-Master Replication, to provide fault tolerance and high write performance
The codebase has been developed and deployed continuously by the same team for more than a decade
Extensive documentation
Active Directory user and group synchronization
Secure authentication and transport (SSLv3, TLSv1, and SASL)
Support for LDAPv3
On-line, zero downtime, LDAP-based update of schema, configuration, management and in-tree Access Control Information (ACIs)
Graphical console for all facets of user, group, and server management